Friday, September 21, 2012

Vintage Hard Candy Week - Fall Shimmers

Happy Friday my lovelies!! Being that tomorrow is the autumnal equinox, I thought I'd show you two awesome fall shades from my vintage Hard Candy collection, Hype and Luscious. I was finally able to reach the Hard Candy archive site so I now have more accurate dates for all the collections and will go back and correct my previous posts with the exact dates. If anyone is interested, here is the site with all of Hard Candy's old collections listed by year and season: The Hard Candy Nail Polish List

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First up is Hard Candy Hype, which is one of my favorite vintage Hard Candy polishes in my entire collection! Hype is from the fall 1998 line and is a lovely milk chocolate brown color with copper shimmer throughout! Browns were hugely popular in the 90s, especially in cosmetics, so this one just screams 1998 to me for sure! I love how the copper shimmer stands out against the milk chocolate base. I have been wearing this color all week and have gotten tons of compliments on it. 

The best thing about this polish is that it is still available on eBay! There is a seller who has 2 bottles of this left for $6 a piece. If you like it, definitely go grab yourself a bottle!

Here's 3 coats of Hard Candy Hype!





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Next up is Hard Candy Luscious. Luscious was from the original 1996 Hard Candy release, but it was originally titled Porno. I also have a bottle of Porno but it was in desperate need of thinning so I swatched Luscious for you instead. Rest assured that the two colors are the exact same, just with different names. Luscious is a lovely deep red metallic shade with gold shimmer.

Unfortunately, my camera did not pick up on the gold shimmer very well so it looks more metallic and brushstroke-y than it does in real life. My polish BFF and fellow vintage fiend Dana over at Polished Claws Up! did a swatch of this yesterday and her pictures capture the shimmer far better than mine do so go check it out! Either way, this is a fantastic deep metallic red and definitely a winner for autumn!

Here's 2 coats of Hard Candy Luscious. Enjoy!




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What do you guys think?

Thanks for stopping by today and I will see you all for the conclusion of Hard Candy week tomorrow!

64 comments:

  1. Wow, I love them both. They remind me of Fall, definitely of Candy Apples!

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  2. Beautiful colors! It's funny how the changing seasons totally cause me to do a 180 on colors I said I didn't like... like browns. I just saw some Hard Candies at Walmart; I thought about picking up a couple, but I was a good girl and refrained, lol.

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    1. Yes! The Hard Candy at WalMart now is definitely a different brand than it once used to be but it's still fun for sure!

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  3. Wow both are beautiful, but I think I love Hype more, it has the 'glowy' look to it that I love so so much!

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  4. I love Hype! You have some great oldies!

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  5. These are so beautiful!!! Both look look lovely on you, but I especially love Hype!

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    1. There's still a few left on eBay, snatch them up while you can!

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  7. Both of these colors are just stunning. I love metallic reds and smokey browns...and they look fantastic on you!

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  8. Hype has the same crazy packed-with-shimmer-formula as BB Couture Glampyre!
    I want to eat lots of milk chocolate when I see Hype! ;)

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    1. Oooh I'll have to check out Glampyre! Hype definitely makes me want to eat chocolate too!

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  9. Wow!! Love browns and Hype is so pretty on you :)

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  10. Love the brown one! I am pretty sure I have something similar in my stash. Time to wear it!

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    1. Definitely the perfect time of year to break out those brown polishes!

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  11. Very pretty. I've never tried a Hard Candy polish...

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    1. Thanks!! Hard Candy definitely has some good stuff, you should try one some day =)

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  12. Love hype!!! I love browns and taupes and the copper shimmer is a really nice added touch. Just lovely!

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  13. Woah, Hype is freaking gorgeous! But so is Luscious...I always love a good red or brown :O)

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  14. Both are stunning! I love rich vibrant colors like these! :-)

    ~ Yun

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  15. Have I mentioned how much I appreciate (and am envious of) your vintage collections? I especially love the first one here!

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  16. Hype is beautiful! It's glowing!

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  17. Hype is beautiful, but not my color - Luscious however is, and it's adorable :)

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  18. OMG, Hype is amazing! I totally remember my first trip to Sephora in the 90
    's...I loved checking out Hard Candy polishes when I was there!

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  19. They're both amazing--I love fall colors! Thank you for sharing these.

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  20. I love brown polishes, so Hype definitely appeals to me!

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  21. Woman!!! Quit creating lemmings!!! These two are FANTASTIC!!!!!

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    1. LOL! Hype is still available on eBay if you want to pick up a bottle!

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  22. Oh wow, I LOVE Hype!!! :O

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  23. These are lovely! I really like the shimmer they both have!

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  24. Great colors. I would wear thefirst one in a special ocassion and second shade evening!

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    1. Oooh yes, those would be perfect occasions for these colors!

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  25. Of these two, I really like Hype! It is definitely perfect for fall! Usually I prefer my browns as cremes, but it is gorgeous!!

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